Seaforth Golf Club partners with Great Lakes Tour to attract more golfers and fans for popular tourney

Through a new partnership, the Seaforth Golf Club believes their most popular tournament will gain momentum and attract a wider audience by welcoming more competitive golfers.

In the past, the Seaforth Country Classic focused on male golfers, this time though with the help of the Great Lakes Tour (GLT), the two have agreed to feature a new format of golf that will benefit women also.

The invitations are set to allow 36 males to compete and 36 females as well.

The golf course manager of the Seaforth Golf Club, Carolanne “CA” Doig said the tournament was initially going to transform into a all women’s event, however after talking to organizers at GLT, they thought that having two champions would be more suiting.

“We are looking forward to people not just coming out to see how good these guys are but also how good these young women are,” she said in an interview with The Huron Expositor Dec. 27.

Besides appearances by a few females and most notably local professional golfer Robyn Doig, not many women have competed in the Seaforth Country Classic since it began in 2008.

The tournament features a championship Pro-Am Aug. 2, followed by a 36-hole (no cut) stroke play competition from Aug. 3-4.

According to the Great Lakes Tour website, there will be two exemptions allowed for “local talent” to compete in the SCC.